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Topography Restoration of Historic City Research ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume II-5/W3, 2015 25th International CIPA Symposium 2015, 31 August – 04 September 2015, Taipei, Taiwan TOPOGRAPHY RESTORATION OF HISTORIC CITY RESEARCH Lee Sung hoa, Han Dong soob a Doctor’s course completion, Hanyang University Seoul - [email protected] b Prof., Hanyang University Seoul - [email protected] Commission I I, WG I I/3 KEY WORDS: Restoration, GIS, Buyeo, Sabi Capital City, Baekje ABSTRACT: The preservation of historic cities requires a balance between conservation and development because the urban structures of the old and new city are interwoven on same space. Existing restoration plans rely on old records and excavation reports and are based on the present topography. However, historic cities have undergone significant natural and anthropogenic topographic changes such as alluvial sediment accumulation and uneven terrain construction. Therefore, considering only the present topography is misleading. Thus, to understand a historic city’s structure more appropriately, it is necessary to comprehend the ancient geographic environment. This study provides an analysis and GIS visualization of the ancient topography of a historic city, Sabi capital city of the Baekje Dynasty, which collapsed 1,500 years ago. 1. INTRODUCTION 2. NECESSITY AND METHOD OF TOPOGRAPHIC RESTORATION FOR HISTORIC CITIES The historic city of Buyeo is located in the central Korean Peninsula and was the Sabi capital city (538 – 660 AD), the last Topographic restoration is necessary for three reasons. First, it of the Baekje Dynasty (百濟, 18 BC – 663 AD). This was a provides interdisciplinary data, which complement current golden age for the city in every fields: refined architecture; ineffective efforts. East Asian historic cities differ from those in craft; art; religion; international exchange with China, Japan, Europe, such as Rome, that have been researched since the 15th India, and other southeast Asia ancient countries; and powerful century. Existing methods would require significant time and royal dominion. However, despite the historicity of the Baekje effort to produce actual results for the historic cities of East Dynasty’s splendid civilization, Buyeo’s urbanization since the Asia. Therefore, alternative sources are required to complement 1970s was undiscerning. In the middle 1990s, as the importance the excavation data. Second, topographic restoration allows of Buyeo historic city was highlighted, the conservation versus reinterpreting the excavation findings. Because topography has development dilemma became an issue. The historic city significantly changed during the development and management legislation includes the conservation of ruins, modernization of the city, studies based solely on the present which were discovered underneath the present city, thus topography lead to misinterpretation of the value and stature of restricting further construction. Excavation has intermittently the excavated ruins. Hence, to appropriately reconstruct the progressed for about 15 years, dotting the city. Yet, the historic historic city, it is necessary to understand the ancient city is only partially reconstructed through these efforts. The topography. Third, topographic restoration provides information authorities vaguely predict that almost all major ruins are on land use during ancient times, which enables creating more located just under the downtown of present Buyeo, where there efficient excavation plans. For example, the ancient streams’ are many modern structures. However, the lack of accurate higher flooding limit and the buildable area are separated. estimates results in inefficient conservation and development, The topographic restoration procedure is divided into four and significantly delays the historic city’s preservation. For the stages adapted to the situation, period, and particular features of past 10 years, on the basis of the limited archaeological data the historic city under study. available, scholars postulated that the ancient urban structure • Preparatory stage: artificial topography changes check and produced a city with well-appointed gridiron roads. However, restoration range set. the evidence from the modern excavations continuously • Data collection and computerization stage: humanistic data contradicts this theory. This study proposes the reconstruction (e.g., old records, legends, old maps, locality names, local of the ancient topography as a necessary tool in historic city development history, survey, excavation, distribution chart of restoration. The historic city of Buyeo is treated as an example, the excavation site), scientific data (e.g., geological features, focusing on restoring the actual topography 1,500 years ago. hydrography, seawater activity, climatic changes, natural Furthermore, the urban structure of the ancient capital city, Sabi, disasters, vegetation changes, ancient agricultural techniques, is investigated by analyzing this restored topography. ancient vessels), data computerization (assimilating and preparing data for the geographic information system). • Data analysis stage: comparative analysis of disparate data, deduction of natural topographic change order, and rules and hypothesis of topography restoration. This contribution has been peer-reviewed. The double-blind peer-review was conducted on the basis of the full paper. doi:10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W3-301-2015 301 ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume II-5/W3, 2015 25th International CIPA Symposium 2015, 31 August – 04 September 2015, Taipei, Taiwan • Restoration stage: establishing the appropriate restoration almost no error. This map is compared with the present one to method (according to the particular characteristics of each identify the natural topographic changes until today, and then historic city and considering the local geographic factors such used as the base map to restore the ancient topography. In this as plains, mountains, and streams); Table 1 provides these study, the entire putative old city and the riverside area are features for the case study of Buyeo, adjusted to the restored, which parts were most radically altered. restoration of the ancient topography 1,500 years ago. Factor Procedure Detail method • Differences in altitude between the present and old topography (extracted data from excavation reports). Earth surface • Order of natural topographic changes changes (comparative analysis based on geological features and the known altitude values for the ancient Plains topography). & Primary Mount topographic • Creating a 3D topographic model ains model (standard using the base map (e.g., AutoCAD, time) ArcGIS Spatial analysis tool). Modifying each XY-isometric point on Secondary • the primary model (the present altitude topographic to the ancient). model (restoration • Recreating the 3D topographic model time) using the modified data (with GIS interpolation or an alternative method). • Reviewing overall river gradient of target area. Figure 1. Base map and the restoration boundary Gathering clues related with ancient • water level (river bank, docking facility, old records, local legend etc.) 3.2 Ancient topography analysis Ancient river • Grasping water surface level value of boundaries the clue (restoration time) and applying Remains each point through calculating the river gradient value. Rivers & • Appling each ancient water surface Granite Strea data to 3D topography model both ms normal and flood season. Assuming a normal water level and Application of • flood season for the ancient river. ancient water system data to • Estimating the ancient water level by the model applying its altitude to the 3D model (considering entire geomorphic grades). Ancient stream • Restoring steams using the 3D way trace restoration model (ArcGIS hydrology tool). Table 1. The ancient topographic restoration process by geographic factors Alluvial soil 3. BUYEO ANCIENT TOPOGRAPHIC RESTORATION Figure 2. Geographical feature and remains 3.1 Restoration range and base map setting Until now, the large plain area of the historic city of Buyeo was Buyeo has significantly transformed since the 1970s to the great regarded as a single geographical feature, covering many major plain area observed today. In the 1970s, the entire area was flat, ancient remains. However, it actually includes two different and during the 1980s, several environmental changes occurred: geological units, granite and alluvial soil. The ancient a dam on the upper river, an estuary dam on the lower river, topographic data acquired from relevant excavation reports are riverbanks, large bridges, sand collection, and so on. Thus, to grouped according to these units. Ancient remains are buried at understand Buyeo’s ancient topography, it is necessary to depths between 0 to 1 m in the granite, whereas they are found understand the sequence of these natural changes using a map between 2 to 4 m in alluvial land. Consequently, it is predating the 1970s that does not contain artificial geomorphic hypothesized that there no significant topographic change changes. Here, a contour map of the year 1918 (scale: 1/25,000) occurred in the granite areas during the last 1,500 years. is selected, because it includes a large amount of data and This contribution has been peer-reviewed. The double-blind peer-review was conducted on the basis of the full paper. doi:10.5194/isprsannals-II-5-W3-301-2015 302 ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry,
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